Ursine Physiology

"The thing about a bear', his father had always said, 'is that it can move as silently as breath. It could be watching you from ten paces away and you'd never know. Against a bear you have no defenses. You can't run faster. You can't climb higher. You can't fight it on your own. All you can do is learn its ways, and try to persuade it that you're neither threat nor prey.'"

― Wolf Brother

Power to use the abilities of bears. Variation of Mammalian Physiology.

Also Called

Bear Mimicry/Physiology
Ursid Mimicry/Physiology
Ursine Mimicry

Capabilities

User with this ability either is or can mimic/transform into a bear.

Applications

Variations

Giant Panda Physiology
Sloth bear Physiology: Dermal Armor
Sun bear Physiology: Prehensile Tongue
Ursus Physiology (brown bears, polar bears, and black bears): Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Durability
- American black bear Physiology: Enhanced Vision
- Asian black bear Physiology: Feral Mind
- Brown bear Physiology: Night Vision, Environmental Adaptation
- Polar bear Physiology: Arctic Adaptation, Speed Swimming, Enhanced Smell, Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Vision, Enhanced Endurance, Predator Instinct

Extinct Bears:

Cave Bear Physiology (Cave bears, extinct): Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Durability

Associations

Mammalian Physiology

Bears are associated with great number of mystical and supernatural abilities and connections in mythology and folklore, thus user with this power may have access to: Balance, Divine Empowerment, Healing, Human Disguise, Resurrection.

Known Users

Cartoons

Gummi Bears (The Adventures of the Gummi Bears)
Care Bears (Care Bears)
Humphrey the Bear (Disney)
Bear Tribe (Legends of Chima)
Ice Bear Tribe (Legends of Chima)
Ursas (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
- Ursa minor
- Ursa major
Peter the Panda (Phineas and Ferb)
Panda (Skunk Fu!)
Anthropomorphic bears (TaleSpin)
- Kit Cloudkicker
- Molly Cunningham
- Rebecca Cunningham
Bears (We Bare Bears)
Master Yo (Yin Yang Yo!)
Bears (The Yogi Bear Show)
- Boo-Boo Bear
- Cindy Bear
- Yogi Bear
Penny Ling (Littlest Pet Shop)
Bear (Franklin)

Comics

Humanimalian bears (Extinctioners)
- Bears
  - Harvest
- Polar bears
  - Frostbite (Niege Unulaaq)
- Pandas
  - Pandamonium
  - Takemitsu SeiRyu
Ursa Major (Marvel Comics)
Noriyuki (Usagi Yojimbo)
Mobian bears (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Bears
  - Avery the Bear
  - Diesel
- Polar bears
  - Augustus the Polar Bear
- Pandas
  - Feist

Films

Fisherman Bear (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
Mor'du (Brave)
Kenai (Brother Bear); via The Great Spirits' spell
Bears (The Country Bears)
Little John (Disney's Robin Hood)
Anthropomorphic pandas (Kung Fu Panda)
- Po
- Li Shan
- Po's mother
- Mei Mei
- Dim
- Sum
- Bao
- Lei Lei
- Ku Ku
- Shuai Shuai
- Granma Panda
Xiong Tianba (Legend of a Rabbit)
Norm (Norm of the North)
Bears (Open Season)
- Boog
- Doug
- Ursa
Vincent (Over the Hedge)
Corporal (Penguins of Madagascar)
Anthropomorphic bears (Zootopia)
- Koslov
- Kevin
- Raymond
- Drill Instructor
- Panda News Anchor
Bruin (Renart the Fox)

Literature

Beorn (The Hobbit)
Baloo (The Jungle Book)

Manga/Anime

Bepo (One Piece)
Pandas (Pandalian)
Bears (Yurikuma Arashi)
- Lulu Yurigasaki
- Ginko Yurishiro
Rein (Zatch Bell!)
Bears (The Panda's Great Adventure)
- Ronron
- Queen/Ronron's mother

Video Games

Banjo (Banjo-Kazooie)
Pander (Bust a Groove 2)
Kumamon (Digimon)
Ursa (Dota/Dota 2)
The Norn (Guild Wars)
Teddie (Persona 4)
Teddiursa (Pokemon)
The Panda King (Sly Cooper)
The Grizz (Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time)
Bark the Polar Bear (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Kuma (Tekken)
Panda (Tekken)
Panda Girl (Valkyrie Crusade)
Sleepy Bear (Valkyrie Crusade)
Furbolg (World of Warcraft)
Pandarens (World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria)